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    form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close()

    Hello,
    I�ve opened a form with a Form.view(�name�, �popup�) command. A button placed on the form with the code: parentform.close() will not close the form. Apparently there is something about opening a form in popup mode that gets in the way of a *.close() method, or is it suppost to be this way. I'd like to think we could control it via xbasic.

    Anyone have any insight on this? Running v4.03

    Thanks,
    Jim

    #2
    RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

    Jim,
    I'm too much of a novice to have your answer, but I'd appreciate an explanation of the purpose of a popup form versus a dialog form and how you use them.

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      #3
      RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

      Jim,

      I have not played with this, however I suggest using a close that does not reference parentform (which may be effectively referencing the parentform that started the pop-up). Try using something like

      frm=obj("windownameofpopup")
      frm.close()

      or

      windownameofpopup.close()

      Regards,

      Ira J. Perlow
      Computer Systems Design & Associates
      [email protected]
      Regards,

      Ira J. Perlow
      Computer Systems Design


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        #4
        RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

        Hi Ira,

        Thanks, for your thoughts.
        I had tried a sys_send_keys() and managed to shut down A5 with this so I referenced the active window and it seems to reference the popup correctly. I'll try your syntax.
        Thanks again.

        Jim

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          #5
          RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

          Hi Ohlen,

          I don't have any great insight for you. The popup style does just that, pops the form up in a small format if you've so designed it. If you've played much pulling up forms from forms you know that if you have a maximized form on screen and then open another form from the first form it also will open maximized unless you deal with this via xbasic. The popup will come up in the restored (small)size which is what I want many times to allow a user to see some info or make a simple choice. Look in you xbasic manual in the layouts chapter, then look under the Form.view() section for some info on popups.

          You can close a popup with the normal X in the upper right hand corner, but I was trying to close it via xbasic and ran into this issue.

          Jim

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            #6
            RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

            Jim, since I use maximized forms, I usually open a "little" form as dialog - but, as I'm sure you know, you have to manually close it.

            f=form.view("formname","dialog")
            'some action in the dialog form closes the dialog form
            f.close()

            doesn't the pop up work the same way?
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              #7
              RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

              Hi Ira,

              Tried the different syntax, still can't close the form using xbasic. Small issue, but I would think that this is not by design.

              Thanks,

              Jim

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                #8
                RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

                Hi Martin,

                I could use dialog style, but basically I believe popup is for the purpose I'm trying to put it to. No it doesn't work quite like a dialog in the the xbasic script that calls the popup form doesn't stop execution at that point, it goes on to completion. I have a button on the popup form that I run some code (this works fine) and when finished I want the code to close the popup form. It doesn't

                Thanks,
                Jim

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                  #9
                  RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

                  I briefly looked at popups, and went back to dialog forms, but I seem to remember Ctrl F4 from the keyboard did the job. Are you saying sys_send_keys("{^F4}") from the popup shut down A5?

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                    #10
                    RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

                    Hi Stephen,

                    >>Are you saying sys_send_keys("{^F4}") from the popup shut down A5?

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                      #11
                      RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

                      I too have given up on popups because of this - it's a shame because I can see many good reasons to use popups instead of dialogs at times.

                      Are we saying that there is NO way to close the popup other than clicking on the X??
                      Gary S. Traub, Ph.D.

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                        #12
                        RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

                        Hi Gary,

                        >>Are we saying that there is NO way to close the popup other than clicking on the X??

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                          #13
                          RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

                          Jim:

                          That's frustrating - if I come up with a way, I'll let you know ...
                          Gary S. Traub, Ph.D.

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                            #14
                            RE: form view using popup doesn't allow a f.close(

                            I have a pop-up form and found that the only way I could close it was by using the sys_send_keys("{Alt-F4}"). However, it only closed the form when it was accessed via my application.

                            If I opened the form from the Control Panel and closed it then Alpha would close completely.

                            It seems to work OK in the application.
                            Jenny Earnshaw
                            BusinessPlus (Letchworth) Ltd

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